Lose Yourself in the World of Books
The bookstore that I work at has a number of book clubs, the largest being the original, with 25 to 30 members and last night, they celebrated their 14th year in existence. Typically, they read former bestsellers, which they vote upon every three months or so. Last November, they voted overwhelmingly to read The Storied Life… Continue reading The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
Traveler #1 Back in January, a publicist contacted the bookstore I work at and asked if we wanted to do an event with a recently published YA author, L. E. DeLano, who lived close to the store. Rarely do we turn down an author event with a major publisher, so without a lot of information,… Continue reading Traveler by L. E. DeLano
Ember in the Ashes #1 Two years ago I attended BookCon in NYC and I'm so excited to be going back for the booksellers part, BookExpo, in just two short weeks! When I attended back in 2015, I attended a panel on which Marie Lu, Renee Ahdieh and Sabaa Tahir discussed the need for diverse… Continue reading An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
Percy Jackson & the Olympians #1 Just after I finished listening to the audiobook of The Lightning Thief, a good 8 years after my friend Iram told me I just had to read it, I found out it is part of this upcoming school year's Reading Olympics lists! I now can recommend officially 1 out of 45… Continue reading The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Celebration of Books 